Collar-fastener.



Patented May 8, I900. C. WICHT & W, E.; DIPPERT.

COLLAR FASTENER. (Application filed May 15, 1695.)

(No Model.)

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CARL \VIOHT AND WILLIAM E. DIPPERT, OF DES MOINES, IOWA.

COLLAR-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 649,023, dated May 8,1900.

Application filed May 15,1899. Serial No. 716,800. (No model.)

.may be conveniently and readily attached and detached, adjusted as towidth atits top, and readily removed and replaced.

Our invention has for its f urtherobject the provision of improved meansfor retaining the hames on a collar without the formation of peaks onthe upper meeting ends of said collar.

Our invention consists, further, in the construction, arrangement, andcombination of elements hereinafter set forth, pointed out in our claim,and illustrated by the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is aplan or top view of a horsecollar, showing our device mounted asrequired for practical use. Fig. 2is a longitu dinal section of ourfastener, the dotted lines indicating the positions assumed by the latchand leather key when the device is unlatched for the placing or removalof the collar relative to a horse. Fig.3 is a cross-section of thedeviceon the indicated line 3 3 of Fig. 1,.

a portion only of the collar being shown. Fig.

4 is a perspective ofthe fastener detachedfrom the collar. Fig. 5 is aperspective of a modified form of one of the clips.

In the construction and mounting of the device, as shown, the numeral 10designates a horse-collar of common form,with the exception that themeeting ends at the top thereof .are straight in cross-section insteadof being formed with peaks at the corners. A hingeplate 11 is providedand formed with ears 12 13 in parallel planes on the opposite sidemargins thereof. The ears project upwardly from the hinge-plate 11 andform marginal flanges thereon. The hinge-plate 11 is curved to fit thelateral curve of the top of the. collar 10, and a slot 14 is formed inand transversely of one end portion thereof. A cross-bar 15 is formed onand transversely of the end portion a hinge connection between thehinge-plate and latch-plate. The latch-plate 16 is curved throughout itslength and formed with three transverse slots 18 19 20 in its bodyportion at equal distances of separation and intermediate of the tongue17 and the extremity of said plate. A loop-plate 21 is provided andformed with flanges or ears 22 23 011 and projecting out wardly inparallel planes from the side margins thereof, and a slot 24 is formedin one end portion of said loop-plate. A loop-bar 25 is formed on andrises from the slotted end of the loop-plate 21 across the slot 24, andsaid loop-bar is of such size that it may readily pass through one oranother of the transverse slots 18 19 20 of the latch-plate. Theloop-plate 21 is curved to fit the lateral curve of the top of thecollar 10 and is secured thereto by two or more rivets traversing thebody of the plate and passing through the collar. A slot 26 is formed inand transversely of the outer end portion of the hinge-plate 11, and theouter end portion of a leather key 27 is passed downwardly through saidslot and outwardly beneath the hinge-plate, to which plate the outer endportion of the key is secured by a rivet 28, Figs. 1 and 2. The bodyportion of the leather key 271s of such length, width, and thickness asto reach to and be inserted in the space beneath the loop-bar 25 andabove the latch-plate when the parts are assembled, as shown in Figs. 1and 2, in which position the leather key retains the latch plate againstupward movement relative to and removal from the loop-bar. The engage-.ment of the loop-bar in either of the transverse slots of thelatch-plate securely retains the meeting ends of the collar againstseparation or approximation, and the flanges of the loop-plate retainthe latch-plate against lateral movement, oscillation, and vibration.The degree of separation or approximation of the meeting ends of thecollar maybe governed, within certain predetermined limits,

by the adjustment of the loop-bar in one or another of the transverseslots of the latchplate, the leather key at all times holding thelatch-plate in place until said key is removed by the attendant foradjustment, removal, or replacement of'the collar. The flanges or carson and rising from the hinge and loop plates serve to receive and retainbetween them the straps used to connect the upper portions of the hames(not shown) across the top of the collar and prevent forward or rearwardmovement of the hames relative to the collar, thus permitting themanufacture of the collar without peaks at its top. The flanges 16* ofthe latch-plate form a recess in which the key 27 is placed, and theirupper edges are adapted to be 011 a plane parallel to the upper surfaceof said key when it is placed in said recess.

In Figs. 1 and 3 we have illustrated a collarpad 29 beneath the meetingends of the collar 10, and our device should be used with such a pad;but said pad forms no part of our invention and is illustrated simply toshow the device mounted complete for use.

.In Fig. 5 we have illustrated aloop-plate 21 of the same form andconstruction as the plate 21, with this diiterence, that in the plate 21two flanges or cars 22 23 are used and in the construction of the plate21 the flange or car 22 is shortened or partially omitted to lessenlatch-plate hinged to said cross-bar, and having a flange on its edge,and the other plate having vertical flanges on its sides, and anintegral loop at one end, said loop adapted to receive the free end ofthe key, substantially as shown and described.

CARL WVICIIT. \VILLIAM E. DIPPElt'l.

Vi tnesses:

J. F. GROAT, S. 0. SWEET.

